A variational flexible multibody formulation for partitioned fluid-structure interaction: Application to bat-inspired drones and unmanned air-vehicles

Vaibhav Joshi, Rajeev K. Jaiman, Carl Ollivier-Gooch

We present a three-dimensional (3D) partitioned aeroelastic formulation for a flexible multibody system interacting with incompressible turbulent fluid flow. While the incompressib…